In the late 1850s and early 1860s, the pioneering British photographer Walter Woodbury captured images of Java, and especially its capital city Batavia (modern day Jakarta). Working in partnership with James Page, the two established a photographic firm that continued to produce and sell images long after Woodbury’s return to England in 1863.

Consisting of 42 albumen prints, the Woodbury Collection includes numerous images of the landscape and colonial buildings in Batavia, Buitenzorg (Bogor), and Surabaya. A few photographs capture images of the European community in Java, and local Javanese residents.

Born in Cork, Ireland to a prosperous family, the Anglin siblings began immigrating to Canada and the United States in 1903. The first to relocate to Canada, brothers Will and Sydney pursued vastly different careers, one as a Presbyterian minister and the other as a salesman at a Toronto slaughterhouse. George and Crawford both served in the military during World War I, the former in the British Infantry as a medical officer and the latter in the 4th University Overseas Company first in France and later in Belgium where he died saving the life of a wounded soldier. Gladys Anglin trained as a nurse, but worked in a Canadian department store and at the Railway Office before suffering a mental breakdown and entering the Ontario Hospital as a patient. Ethel remained in Ireland the longest where she taught Domestic Economics at a technical school. The only Anglin to immigrate to the United States and the only female sibling to marry, Ida and husband David Jackson settled in Monson, Massachusetts where they raised four daughters.

The Anglin siblings were part of a close knit family who stayed in contact despite their geographic separation through their correspondence. Siblings wrote and exchanged lengthy letters that document not only family news, but also news of local and national significance. Topics addressed in their letters include World War I, the Irish revolution, medicine, religious ministry, and domestic issues from the ability of a single woman to support herself through work to child rearing.

An historian and educator, Samuel Austin (1816-1897) was known for his long association with the Friends Boarding School in Providence, R.I. (later renamed the Moses Brown School). An alumnus who married an alumna, Elizabeth H. Osborn, Austin taught at the Boarding school for decades and was instrumental in gathering and preserving documents relating to the school. He wrote and lectured regularly on the history of Friends’ education and on the Boarding School, and its noted teachers and alumni.

A product of the historical work of Samuel Austin, the collection contains both essays, notes, and talks on the Friends’ Boarding School in Providence and on Moses and Obadiah Brown, and some significant original documents used by Austin in his research. Noteworthy among the original materials are a fascinating series of records from monthly and quarterly meetings in and near Rhode Island, mostly in 1787-1793; a rich series of epistles received by Smithfield Monthly Meeting from other meetings in New England (1718-1767); some key printed epistles from Yearly Meetings, including those on war (London, New England, and Philadelphia Yearly) and slavery (London and Philadelphia). Of equal note are a series of letters from Elisha Thornton (a New Bedford merchant, educator, and antislavery advocate), a lengthy letter on doctrine from John Wilbur, and a 1765 sermon from Rachel Wilson.

In the early 1960s, Tom Barton (b. 1935) emerged as a leader in the Left-wing of the Young People’s Socialist League, the national youth affiliate of the Socialist Party. Deeply committed to the civil rights and antiwar struggles and to revolutionary organizing, Barton operated in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York and was a delegate and National Secretary at the 1964 convention in which tensions within YPSL led to its dissolution.

A small, but rich collection, the Barton Papers provide a glimpse into the career of a long-time Socialist and activist. From Barton’s entry into the Young People’s Socialist League in the latest 1950s through his work with the Wildcat group in the early 1970s, the collection contains outstanding content on the civil rights and antiwar movements and the strategies for radical organizing. The collection is particularly rich on two periods of Barton’s career — his time in the YPSL and Student Peace Union (1960-1964) and in the Wildcat group (1968-1971) — and particularly for the events surrounding the dissolution of YPSL in 1964, following a heated debate over whether to support Lyndon Johnson for president. The collection includes correspondence with other young radicals such as Martin Oppenheimer, Lyndon Henry, Juan McIver, and Joe Weiner.

A scholar of early modern British literature, Joe Black received his BA and PhD from the University of Toronto and taught for several years at the University of Tennessee Knoxville before joining the English faculty at UMass Amherst in 1994. Rooted in the history of the book, his research on seventeenth-century literature has examined the intersection between writing and the material and social context of production as well as the dialogue between print and manuscript culture.

The Black collection is an eclectic assemblage of American imprints designed to assist study and instruction in the history of the book. The collection includes two long runs of pulp novels, Beadle’s Frontier Series and the American Revolution-inspired Liberty Boys of ’76, examples of almanacs, prompt books, and works form the early national period in publishers’ bindings.

A significant African American poet of the generation of the 1960s, Dudley Randall was an even more significant publisher of emerging African American poets and writers. Publishing works by important writers from Gwendolyn Brooks to Haki Madhubuti, Alice Walker, Etheridge Knight, Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, and Sonia Sanchez, his Broadside Press in Detroit became an important contributor to the Black Arts Movement.

The Broadside Press Collection includes approximately 200 titles published by Randall’s press during its first decade of operation, the period of its most profound cultural influence. The printed works are divided into five series, Broadside poets (including chapbooks, books of poetry, and posters), anthologies, children’s books, the Broadside Critics Series (works of literary criticism by African American authors), and the Broadsides Series. . The collection also includes a selection of items used in promoting Broadside Press publications, including a broken run of the irregularly published Broadside News, press releases, catalogs, and fliers and advertising cards.

Born in 1908 to Louis and Sarah Kessel Burgett, Katherine grew up on the family farm outside of Oquawka, Illinois. In 1924 her parents purchased their own farm in Monmouth, which they later lost due to the devastating impact of the Depression on agriculture, and it was there that she first met her future husband, Kenneth Monroe Irey, a student at Monmouth College. The newlyweds moved to New Jersey in 1931 where Kenneth was transferred for work. As a chemical engineer, Kenneth enjoyed a successful career and comfortably supported his wife and two children. Retiring in 1970, he and Katherine spent their later years pursuing two passions: traveling and bird-watching. Kenneth and Katherine’s eldest daughter, June Irey Guild, spent most of her adult life in Massachusetts where she has married twice, raised six children, and operated her own business. During her retirement years, June focused on preserving her family’s history by collecting letters and recoding family narratives.

The Burgett-Irey Family Papers chronicle the changes that many twentieth-century American families experienced as the nation descended into an economic depression, entered into a world war, and emerged as one of the most powerful countries in the world. The collection, which will continue to grow, includes approximately 65 letters between Katherine Burgett Irey and her family. Most of the letters exchange family updates, particularly precious after Katherine relocated to New Jersey. Among the earliest letters is an account of Katherine and Kenneth’s first meeting described as “fast work,” since he asked her out on the spot. Also included are autobiographical writings by Kenneth describing his cross-country trip to California in 1927 and a brief history of his life and career.

Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.

Consisting of self-published and limited-run compilations of gravestone transcriptions from historical cemeteries, the AGS Cemetery Inscriptions Collection offers rich documentation of epitaphs and memorial language, with an emphasis on colonial and early national-era in New England and Ohio. The collection is arranged by state and town.

See Faculty/Staff Biography, Lists, Directories (collective) See also Individual Members of Faculty and Staff RG-40/11

Biological Hazards Committee (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/1/2/4

Biological Sciences Library (1962- )

RG-8/3/9

Biology

RG-25/B6

See also Zoology Department RG-25/Z5; Botany Department RG-25/B8

Biology, Plant

RG-25/P4.5

See Plant Biology

Biomedical Research Support Grants

RG-9/2/3

See Faculty Research Grant, Biomedical Research Support Grant (F RG/BS RG) (Research and Graduate Studies)

Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

RG-17/1

See Public Health, Division of--Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

BIOrhythms (1997- )

RG-25/B6/00

Biosci Journal (1995- )

RG-25/B6/00

Note: A journal of undergraduate research at UMass/Amherst.

Biostatistics Technical Reports (1977)

RG-17/1

See Public Health, Division of--Biostatistics Technical Reports ;

Biotechnology Program

RG-25/B7

Biotechnology Program Committee (1985- )

RG-40/2/B5

Bisexual Concerns

RG-40/2/G2

See Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellors Task Force on (1993- ); Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for RG-40/2/G3; Programs for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns RG-30/2/6

Bits and Bytes (1965-1989)

RG-29/00/1

Black and other Minority Students, Committee for the Collegiate Education of

RG-6/4/12

See Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black and other Minority Students (CCEBMS) (1967- )

Black Culture Center (New Africa House)

RG-30/26

Black Mass Communications Project (BMCP) (1968- )

RG-45/30/B4

Black Repertory Theatre

RG-25/T3.6

Black Student Union

RG-45/19

Black Students at UMass and in Western Massachusetts

RG-45/15

See also Protests and Demonstrations RG-45/101; Student Life RG-1/204; New Africa House RG-36/100; Lecturers from outside the University RG-1/12

Black Studies Program

RG-25/A4

See Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of See also Five College Cooperation RG-60/5; Five College Black Studies RG-60/5/3

See also Lectures (Faculty and Staff) RG-40/1/2; Chancellor's Lecture Series (1975-1986) RG-186/1

Distinguished Teaching Awards

RG-1/11

See Awards, Prizes

Distinguished Visitor's Program (DVP) (1960-1996)

RG-45/50/D5

Diversity and Development, Center for

RG-45/80/C4

See Center for Diversity and Development (CDD) (1996- )

Diversity and Social Justice, Counsel on Community

RG-4/17

See Counsel on Community, Diversity and Social Justice (1997)

Diversity Office, Equal Opportunity and

RG-4/7

See Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office

Divine Light Club

RG-45/70/D5

See Divine Light Mission

Divine Light Mission (Religious Group) (1973- )

RG-45/70/D5

Doctoral Dissertations (1911- )

RG-46/1

See UMass Library catalog for holdings; See also Theses and Dissertations (Films and Videotapes)

Documents, Government (Library) (1955- )

RG-8/3/3

Donahue Institute

RG-3/8

See Institute for Governmental Services (IGS), Donahue

Dormitory and Area Government

RG-32

See Housing Services

DPC

RG-35/7

See Data Processing Center (DPC)

Dr. Suess Club (1956)

RG-45/40/D7

Draft Counseling Services (1981)

RG-45/80/D7

Dramatic Society

RG-45/40/M3

See MAC Dramatic Society

Drill Team, Equestrian

RG-45/40/E6

See Equestrian Drill Team

Drop-Out Problem, Student

RG-40/2/R5

See Retention Committee--Student Drop-Out Problem (1985- )

Drug Drop-In Center

RG-30/10

See Room to Move

Drum (1970-1988)

RG-45/00/D7

DSA

See Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)

DTA

RG-1/11

See Awards, Prizes (Distinguished Teaching Awards)

Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, W. E. B.

RG-25/A4

See Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of

Duplicate Collection

RG-99

Duplicate Collection, Alumni Materials

RG-99/1

Duplicate Collection, Annual Reports (1863-1989)

RG-99/2

Duplicate Collection, Buildings and Grounds (Distinguished Architecture for a State University) (1966)

RG-99/3

Duplicate Collection, Catalogs (Bulletin Series) (1914- )

RG-99/4

Duplicate Collection, Chancellors Lecture Series (1974-1978)

RG-99/5

Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus (1917, 1933, 1963)

RG-99/6

Duplicate Collection, Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976)

RG-99/8

Duplicate Collection, Stosag (Stockbridge School) (1961- )

RG-99/9

Duplicate Collection, The Index (1871- )

RG-99/7

Duplicating (Administrative Services)

RG-35/9

Durfee Garden (Physical Plant) (1993- )

RG-36/104/D8

DVP

RG-45/50/D5

See Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP)

Dyslexic Student Organization

RG-6/4/15

See Communication Skills Center

EAP Update (Employee Assistance Program Newsletter) (1980-1986)

RG-30/15/5

Early American Literature (1966-1983)

RG-25/E3/00

Early Campus Planning (1864-1933)

RG-6/15/1

Early Childhood Education, Center for

RG-13/4/10

See also Early Childhood Education, Center for (1967-1977) RG-13/3/19/2

East Asian Collection and Reference Library

RG-25/A8/2

East European Studies

RG-25/S7.5

See Soviet and East European Studies (Program and Committee)

Echoes (1985-1987)

RG-25/E1/00

Eco Latino

RG-45/00/C6

See The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Economic Development

RG-4/9

See Chancellor's Working Group for Economic Development ; Center for Economic Development RG-12/12; University Center for Economic Development (1977) RG-6/4/14/2; Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Education and Economic Development (1993- ) RG-9/1; Office of Economic Development RG-4/15; Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

Economic Development, Center for (School of Management)

RG-12/12

See also University Center for Economic Development RG-6/4/14/2

Economic Development, Chancellors Working Group for

RG-4/9

See Chancellors Working Group for Economic Development (Steering Committee) ; See also Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

See Published Histories and Historian's Files ; See also Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus RG-99/6

History Committee, University (1986-1987)

RG-40/2/H5

See also Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C5

History Department

RG-25/H5

History Institute

RG-25/H5.5

History Newsletter (1977- )

RG-25/H5/00

History of the University

RG-1/202

History of the University, By periods (1850- )

RG-1/202/2

History of the University, General (1851-1960's)

RG-1/202/1

History Project, University

RG-1/208

See University History Project (125th Anniversary, 1987-1988)

History, Oral

RG-1/207

See Oral History

HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)

RG-30/15

See Health Services

Hobbit, The (Student Publication) (1967)

RG-45/00/H6

Hockey, Men's

RG-18/2

See Sports-Men's Hockey (1910- )

Hokkaido University Committee

RG-40/2/A3

See Foreign and International Studies Council (Faculty Senate, 1967- )

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

RG-2/3

See Trustee William Wheeler ; President William Smith Clark RG-3/1; Professor Horace E. Stockbridge RG-3/1; President Jean Paul Mather RG-3/1; President John Lederle RG-3/1; David Penhallow (Class of 1873) RG-50/6; See also International Agricultural Studies, Center for RG-15/4

See also Duplicate Collection--Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976) RG-99/8 ; Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost O'Brien's Proposal-Mission and Approach (1987) RG-6/1 ; Trustees' Commission on the Future of the University (1988- ) RG-2/7

Notes from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (1973-1974,1977-1978)

RG-30/00/1

NOW

RG-45/80/N7

See National Organization for Women (1989- )

NU (Hillel) (1973, 1975)

RG-45/70/H5

Nummo News (1974-1991)

RG-30/26/N8

See also NOMMO (1990-1994) RG-45/00/N6

Nursery School

RG-25/H9.5

Nurses Association, Student

RG-45/40/S7.4

See Student Nurses Association (SNA) (1987- )

Nursing

RG-17/3

Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter (1989-1993)

RG-17/3

Nursing, School of

RG-17/3

See Nursing

Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

RG-25/F5/3

See Food Science and Nutrition, Dept. of--Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

Nutrition and Human Needs, Committee on (1971)

RG-45/80/N8

Nutrition Department

RG-25/F5

See Food Science and Nutrition Department

OAPA

RG-4/3/6

See Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA)

Obituaries, Biographies (Alumni)

RG-50/00/2

See also Health Services--Obituaries (Student) RG-30/15

Occasional Papers Series (International Area Studies)

RG-25/A8/00

See Asian Studies Program and Committee ; Latin American Studies Program and Committee RG-25/L4/00 ; Near Eastern Studies Program and Committee RG-25/N4/00 ; Soviet and East European Studies Program and Committee RG-25/S75/00 ; Western European Studies Program and Committee RG-25/W3/00

Occupational Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/17/2

Ocean Engineering Program

RG-25/O2

OCHO

RG-45/18

See Off Campus Housing Office (OCHO)

OCIS

RG-6/5/1

See Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

Off Campus Housing Office (OCHO)

RG-45/18

Office for Cooperative Education

RG-11/31/1

See Cooperative Education, Office for

Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA)

RG-4/3/6

Office of Budgeting and Institutional Studies (OBIS)

RG-4/3/2

See also V.C. for A. and F. RG-35/1 (records held in RG-4/2-3) ; Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3.

Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

RG-6/5/1

Office of Economic Development (OED)

RG-4/15

See also Office of Industrial Relations and Regional Development (1987- ) RG-4/10

Office of Grant and Contract Administration

RG-4/4

Office of Human Relations

RG-4/6

See Human Relations, Office of

Office of Industrial Relations and Regional Development (1987- )

RG-4/10

See also Office of Economic Development (OED) RG-4/15

Office of Information Technologies (OIT)

RG-6/5/1

See Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

Office of Institutional Research (OIR)

RG-4/3/5

See also Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP) RG-4/3/4.

Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP)

RG-4/3/4

See also Executive V.C. and Provost RG-6/1 (records held in RG-4/3/4) ; Associate V.C. for Academic Affairs RG-30/1 (records held in RG-4/3/4)

Assembled by Lynnette E. Foucher, this collection consists chiefly of cookbooks produced by food companies between the 1920s-1970s. These cookbooks reflect the changing role of women in the home as well as new food trends and innovative technology. Taken together, the collection offers a glimpse into the way meal preparation changed in the U.S. during the second half of the twentieth century and how this change transformed the way we eat today.